Saturday, February 23, 2019

Oh no, someone "accidentally damaged" Modernist beauty!

Pablo Picasso is probably the most renowned, and biggest household name, individual that was made famous from displaying Modernist beliefs. Below is an image of one of his paintings called "Le Marin" (1943). The painting was to be auctioned at $70 million, however, an onlooker "accidentally damaged" it before the auction! Interestingly, the owner of this painting accidentally damaged another Picasso painting, shown below, valued at approximately $40 million called "Le Rêve" (1932). This man certainly does not have good luck with Picasso!
(Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/arts/design/picasso-painting-damaged-christies.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/10/23/the-40-million-elbow)
Le Marin-1943 

Le Rêve- 1932

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